In this stunning thriller inspired by a chilling true story, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkansas town. The perfect read for fans of S. A. Cosby, James Lee Burke and Attica Locke.
Eli Cranor Boeken
Eli Cranor, de bekroonde auteur van de serie BOOKS MAKE BRAINZ TASTE BAD, brengt een scherp perspectief mee dat is gevormd door zijn verleden als professionele quarterback en middelbare school coach. Zijn schrijven duikt in thema's als sport en adolescentie met een unieke mix van pit en inzicht. Voortbouwend op zijn leven in Arkansas, onderzoekt Cranor de complexiteit van menselijke verbinding en veerkracht, en biedt hij lezers een diepgaand begrip van de mentaliteit van de atleet en de algemenere levenslessen.
"Trent Powers relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to take over as head coach of the Denton Pirates, a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorised by his unstable mother's abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, and it's not long before he crosses a line. Instead of punishing him, though, Trent takes Billy into his home, hoping to protect his star player as the Pirates begin their playoff run. But when Billy's stepfather is found murdered, nothing can stop an explosive chain of violence that could tear the town apart"--
The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless underworld of an Arkansas chicken processing plant in this new thriller from the award-winning author of Don't Know Tough. Gabriela Menchaca and Edwin Saucedo are hardworking, undocumented employees at the Detmer Foods chicken plant in Springdale, Arkansas, just a stone’s throw from the trailer park where they’ve lived together for seven years. While dealing with personal tragedies of their own, the young couple endures the brutal, dehumanizing conditions at the plant in exchange for barebones pay. When the plant manager, Luke Jackson, fires Edwin to set an example for the rest of the workers—and to show the higherups that he’s ready for a major promotion—Edwin is determined to get revenge on Luke and his wife, Mimi, a new mother who stays at home with her six-month-old son. Edwin’s impulsive action sets in motion a devastating chain of events that illuminates the deeply entrenched power dynamics between those who revel at the top and those who toil at the bottom. From the nationally bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Don’t Know Tough and Ozark Dogs comes another edge-of-your-seat noir thriller that exposes the dark, bloody heart of life on the margins in the American South and the bleak underside of a bygone American Dream.